Hardin v. Jordan
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE' CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED' STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Ejectment. Judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
TVT-r.. 'Justice Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of ejectment brought by Gertrude H. Hardin, the plaintiff in error, to recover possession of certain fractional sections of land lying on the west and south sides of a small lake in Cook County, Illinois, situate about a dozen miles south of Chicago, and two or three miles from Lake Michigan; and also to recover the land under water in front of said fractional sections and land from which the water • retires at low water. The lake is two or three miles in extent, and the main question in the cause is, whether the…
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